Household account-book.



B. JONES.

HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNTBOOK. APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 19l8.

1,28%,902. Patented Nov. 12, 1918..

INVENTOR ATTORNEY BENJAMIN JONES, OF SAGINAW, MICHIGAN.

HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNT-BOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov 12, 1918.

Application filed May 20, 1918. Serial No. 235,575.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN Jones, a citizen of the United States, residing at Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Household Account-Books; and I do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention is a household account book adapted to the keeping of household accounts arranged to enable persons not skilled in accounting to keep accurate 'iclassified records of household expenditures and to automatically produce a monthly summary and a yearly summary of classified expenditures.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the sheets comprising the book. I

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the book, showing the stepped arrangement of successively lengthened sheets.

And Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view of one corner of the book, illustrating the manner in which the sheets are overlapped to produce the panel of monthly summarized totals.

As is clearly shown in the drawings, the book consists in monthly sheets A, having horizontal footing lines B, the successive sheets being of greater length, whereby the successive footing lines are exposed to form a monthly summarized total panel, indicated at D in Fig. 1. The longest sheet of the series has a yearly footing line C, in which is entered the totals of all the monthly footings.

The sheet is divided by vertical rulings Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the into column groups, as Received, Paid out, Miscellaneous, etc., individual columns, as Date, Salary received, Miscellaneous received, Deposits in bank, Paid out for Groceries, Meats, Rent and dwelling upkeep, Fuel, Gas, Electricity, Ice, Clothing and Shoes, Laundry, Educational, Magazines and Miscellaneous names.

Each days expenditures are entered for the first month in the proper classified column and at the end of the month the totals are entered in the monthly footing of distributed expenses, B. At the end of the year all of the monthly classified totals are shown at a glance in the monthly summarized total panel D. At the end of the year these monthly totals are footed and entered in the yearly footing line C.

Thus means is provided for entering a classified household and similar expenses by the day, month and year, the totals showing on the face of the book, without the necessity of opening the leaves to ascertain the total expenditures for any classified item during any month, or the total for the year.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A household account record comprising monthly sheets A, A, having footing lines B, successive sheets being of greater length, whereby the successive footing lines are exposed to form a monthly summarized total panel, the longest sheet having a yearly footing line C, all of said sheets having vertical rulings and also divided by heavy rulings into groups and having vertical descriptive columns and horizontal rulings for classified description of daily entries.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

BENJAMIN JONES.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

